Sexing the Body
Subtitle: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality
Publisher: Perseus Books
Published: November 1999
Language: eng
Number of pages: 473
ISBN-13: 9780465077137
First sentence: IN THE RUSH AND EXCITEMENT OF LEAVING FOR THE 1988 OLYMPICS, Maria Patiño, Spain's top woman hurdler, forgot the requisite doctor's certificate stating, for the benefit of Olympic officials, what seemed patently obvious to anyone who looked at her: she was female.